18th Aviation Company Otter Nest

Contributions to the 18th Aviation Company Otternest website was made possible by the following organizations and former members of the 18th Aviation Company.  This list will get longer as we obtain more information and pictures.

1. Executive Vice President Bruce Silvey of the AOCA organization for initial names, and Statement of History for the 18th Aviation Company.  Also Russell Edwards for his names and listing of known unit members of the 18th.
2. Karl Hayes for his history of the different Otter units in Vietnam by means of a CD disk. and 18th Aviation Company Aircraft tail numbers.
3. Jack Serig LTC, (Retired) Maintenance Officer 18th Aviation Company 1960-1963 for his story on the Cylinder problems at Ft. Riley, Kansas and other stories of the first year in Vietnam, and for some pictures for the first year in Vietnam.
4. Rush Wicker for his pictures of Vietnam for the first year.
5. Billy Salyers for his unit history of the 18th Aviation Company period of  1964-1970 and for the Nha Trang platoon pictures 1969.
6. Sid Perrine for his story on the Alert and Orders that took the unit From Ft. Riley, Kansas  to Vietnam.
7. The Hawk magazine from Vietnam.
8. Bruce Boatner for his article on the loss of Otter 691.  (Attempting to contact Bruce for permission to publish story.)
9. Lloyd Works for his pictures for the period May 66- 67. 
10. Then Capt. Gerald Royals, COL (Retired) for his story and photos of Ft Riley, Kansas and orders to pick up Otter 58-1707.
11. Carl Yoder for his article on the original unit patch and follow-up information on the 18th Avn Company.  (We currently researching for the manufacturer of the red Otter patch and once identified will post it here.)
12. Bob Dolson for his Vietnam Photo's - 18th Aviation Company 68 - 69.
13. Andy Sanford for his article and pictures on the last flight of Otter 691.
    
14. Contacted NARA for the unit history of the 18th for the period of 1959-1963 and 1971 also for the names of those who was in the unit from 59-71 on 9-15-09
15. A thank you to John Stover from Ft Riley to Vietnam for his pictures of the company 1962/63 of the company area under construction and the shared hanger in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
16. Thanks to Bob McElhanon for his pictures of Vietnam 1963
17. Thank you John Lynch for the history and pictures of the 256th Trans in Nha Trang and Qui Nhon

(To contribute attach documents and photos in an email to Jim Wittel).